Andrew H. Marcus

Andrew H. Marcus
Born	Andrew Harrison Marcus 1967 (age 57–58)
Occupation	Physical chemist
Awards	American Physical Society Fellow, 2014
Academic background
Education	B.A., 1987, University of California, San Diego Ph.D., 1994, Stanford University
Thesis	Probing the structure of bulk polymers and alloys using electronic excitation transport
Doctoral advisor	Michael D. Fayer

Andrew H. Marcus (born 1967) is a physical chemist whose multidisciplinary research on the faculty at the University of Oregon explores macromolecular dynamics in biological environments.

Early life and education

In 1987, Marcus received a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego. He earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Stanford University in 1994 with advisor Michael D. Fayer. His dissertation was titled, Probing the structure of bulk polymers and alloys using electronic excitation transport. ^[1] His postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago, James Franck Institute, was advised by Stuart A. Rice.

Career

Marcus held a postdoctoral research position at the University of Chicago before joining the department of chemistry and biochemistry faculty at the University of Oregon in 1996. ^[2]

His research interests are interdisciplinary among the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, and the Oregon Center for Optical Molecular & Quantum Science. ^[3] His group examines "the structure and dynamics of macromolecules in biological environments", ^[4] and he collaborates with faculty in Chemistry and Physics departments, "studying the ultrafast dynamics of excited electronic-vibrational states in coupled molecular networks, which are structurally ordered in DNA". ^[5]

Selected publications

• Tekavec, Patrick F.; Lott, Geoffrey A.; Marcus, Andrew H. (December 7, 2007). "Fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic coherence spectroscopy by acousto-optic phase modulation". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 127 (21): 214307. Bibcode:2007JChPh.127u4307T. doi:10.1063/1.2800560. ISSN   0021-9606. PMID   18067357.
• Karki, Khadga J.; Widom, Julia R.; Seibt, Joachim; Moody, Ian; Lonergan, Mark C.; Pullerits, Tõnu; Marcus, Andrew H. (December 18, 2014). "Coherent two-dimensional photocurrent spectroscopy in a PbS quantum dot photocell". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 5869. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.5869K. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6869 . ISSN   2041-1723. PMID   25519819.
• Tekavec, Patrick F.; Dyke, Thomas R.; Marcus, Andrew H. (November 21, 2006). "Wave packet interferometry and quantum state reconstruction by acousto-optic phase modulation". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 125 (19): 194303. Bibcode:2006JChPh.125s4303T. doi:10.1063/1.2386159. ISSN   0021-9606. PMID   17129099.
• Lott, Geoffrey A.; Perdomo-Ortiz, Alejandro; Utterback, James K.; Widom, Julia R.; Aspuru-Guzik, Alán; Marcus, Andrew H. (October 4, 2011). "Conformation of self-assembled porphyrin dimers in liposome vesicles by phase-modulation 2D fluorescence spectroscopy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (40): 16521–16526. arXiv: 1108.1143 . Bibcode:2011PNAS..10816521L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1017308108 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   3189026 . PMID   21940499.
• Raymer, M. G.; Marcus, Andrew H.; Widom, Julia R.; Vitullo, Dashiell L. P. (December 12, 2013). "Entangled Photon-Pair Two-Dimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy (EPP-2DFS)". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 117 (49): 15559–15575. doi:10.1021/jp405829n. ISSN   1520-6106. PMID   24047447.
• von Hippel, Peter H.; Johnson, Neil P.; Marcus, Andrew H. (July 2013). "50 years of DNA 'Breathing': Reflections on old and new approaches [For special issue of biopolymers on 50 years of nucleic acids research]". Biopolymers. 99 (12): 923–954. doi:10.1002/bip.22347. PMC   4313903 . PMID   23840028.

Awards, honors

• 1997 Research Corporation Innovation Award ^[2]
• 1999 NSF CAREER Award ^[2]
• 2001 Innovative Polymer Research Lecturer, National Institutes of Standards and Technology ^[2]
• 2014 University of Wisconsin John L. Schrag Memorial Lectureship ^[2]
• 2014 Fund for Faculty Excellence Award ^[2]
• 2014 Interdisciplinary Research Award, UO Office of Research, Innovation and Graduate Education ^[2]
• 2014 Elected Fellow of American Physical Society. Citation: For his contribution to the development of linear and nonlinear fluorescence correlation spectroscopies, and their application to the study of the structure and dynamics of biochemical systems. ^[6]

References

1. Marcus, Andrew H. (1994). Probing the structure of bulk polymers and alloys using electronic excitation transport (Thesis).
2. "Andrew H. Marcus | Department of Physics". physics.uoregon.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
3. "Andrew H. Marcus | College of Arts and Sciences". cas.uoregon.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
4. "UO Department of Chemistry - Faculty Research Interests" (PDF). Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
5. "Marcus Research Group | Optical Molecular & Quantum Science". omq.uoregon.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
6. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2022.